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§1 Arithmetic 算术 The numbers 0,1,2,3……are called whole numbers or integers. So 23 is an integer but 1.5 is not an integer. A number greater than zero is called a positive number. A number smaller than zero is called a negative number. 0 is an integer but it is neither positive nor negative. An integer that is divisible by 2 is an even integer. An integer that is not divisible by 2 is an odd integer. For any two numbers on the number line, the number on the left is less than the number on the right, for example, 23 and -4-3. The absolute value of a number is the equivalent positive value. |+2|=